Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Risk-Off Mood Puts Bonds in Favor After Weak PMIs: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Hangs Firmly in Crosshairs of Intervention Despite Watchlist Warning

[Reuters] Cash is leaving China again, pressuring yuan

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set to Notch Weekly Gain as Stockpile Draw Spurs Bullishness

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Car-Dealer Chaos Arises From Cyberattack on $1.2 Trillion Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] All Roads Lead to Nvidia as Tech Sees Record Inflows, Says BofA

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Le Pen’s Rise Sets Up French Debt Market for Years of Pain

[Reuters] Euro zone business recovery slows sharply in June, PMI shows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK Purchasing Managers Report Higher Inflation and Slower Growth

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Inflation Picks Up, Backing Case for BOJ Rate Hike

[Reuters] Japan imposes trade curbs on China-based firms for supporting Russia's war in Ukraine

[Reuters] China warns of possible 'trade war' with EU

[Yahoo/Bloomber] Chinese Developers Face Make-or-Break Week in Liquidation Cases

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Xi and Putin Score Wins as More Asian Leaders Want to Join BRICS

[Reuters] Israel and Hezbollah faceoff raises risk of wider conflict

[Reuters] Power blackout hits Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and Croatia's Adriatic coast

[BBC] Putin warns South Korea against arming Ukraine

[Bloomberg] At Blackstone's $339 Billion Property Arm, the Honeymoon Is Over

[Bloomberg] Wall Street’s $5.5 Trillion Triple-Witching to Test Market Calm

[WSJ] Inside China’s Troubled Real Estate Market

[FT] Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion

[FT] China threatens death penalty for Taiwan ‘separatists’

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Set to Track US Lower, Yen in Focus: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen’s Six-Day Slump Highlights Risk of Japan Intervention

[Reuters] S&P 500 closes lower after record high, weighed by chips stocks, economic data

[Reuters] Nvidia loses top spot to Microsoft after 3% drop

[Reuters] US big banks face growing spillover risks from non-banks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Barkin Says Need Clarity on Inflation Before Cutting Rates

[Reuters] Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

[Reuters] Visiting Vietnam, Putin seeks new 'security architecture' for Asia

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Rally Bumps Into a Wall as US Yields Climb: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mortgage Rates in the US Decline to a Two-Month Low of 6.87%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] New US Home Construction Plunges to Slowest Pace Since June 2020

[MSN/Bloomberg] Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rand Is the New Carry Favorite After Peso Rout, Jefferies Says

[FT] Philippines secretly reinforces ship at centre of South China Sea dispute